1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910554230603321

Autore

Moore Fiona

Titolo

Global Taiwanese : Asian Skilled Labour Migrants in a Changing World

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

1-4875-0999-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 pages)

Disciplina

304.8089/9925

Soggetti

Social networks

Taiwanese - Ethnic identity

Taiwanese - England - London

Taiwanese - Ontario - Toronto

Taiwanese - Taiwan - Taipei

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Globalization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary of Terms and Acronyms -- 1 Why Taiwan? Taiwanese Identity and the Chinese Diaspora -- 2 The Network Society and Taiwanese Skilled Labour Migration -- 3 Signs and Meanings: Defining and Maintaining Taiwanese Identity -- 4 London: The City of Sojourners -- 5 Toronto: The City of Settlers -- 6 Taipei: The City of Origin -- 7 Cutting Bamboo: Migrants and Transnational Ethnic Networks -- 8 The Social Network: Migrants and Transnational Networking Organizations -- 9 Taiwan in the Net: Identities in Perspective -- Appendix 1: List of Interviewees -- Appendix 2: Indicative Questions from Semi-Structured Interviews -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Illuminating how the identities of Taiwanese diasporic subjects are contextually and historically shaped, this book advances a nuanced, complex, and differentiated understanding of globalization.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557222203321

Autore

Nils Müller Marius

Titolo

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Latin America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Soggetti

Oceanography (seas)

Science: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Harmful algal blooms (HAB) are a widespread phenomenon with direct consequences for human health, aquaculture industries, tourism and ecosystem functions. Potent phycotoxins produced by harmful algae can accumulate through the food web, and ultimately endanger humans (e.g. Diarrhetic, Amnesic and Paralytic Shellfish Poisonings, and Ciguatera). Additionally, the production of toxic secondary metabolites (e.g. ichthyotoxins) may trigger significant coastal fish-killing events. Over the past decades, the aquaculture industry in Latin America has suffered substantial economic losses due to HAB occurrence. However, the current knowledge of regional toxic species and established monitoring programs are expandable in this region. Moreover, a transnational scientific approach is still needed to coordinate and advance the understanding and prediction of HABs in coastal areas of Latin America. Marine coastal areas are highly dynamic ecosystems and are subjected to rapid environmental changes induced by eutrophication, intense aquaculture farming and discharge of diverse pollutants. Additional natural gradients between estuarine and open ocean regions create unique ecological niches, of which some potentially favor HAB outbreaks. Understanding the environmental conditions and ecosystem dynamics that lead to HABs is a fundamental key to predict outbreaks and secure human well-being. Gathering new and pioneering data on physiological reaction norms, pelagic-benthic



coupling in life cycle transitions and predator-prey interactions can provide a fundamental basis to feed ecological models to describe HAB dynamics in coastal ecosystems in Latin America. This Research Topic collects articles covering laboratory, field, ecological and modelling studies of freshwater and marine harmful algae, cell physiology and reaction norms response to environmental parameters, life cycle transition, toxin production, cell morphology, and taxonomy and identification.